Indian army in First world war: Journal of book reviews

By: Amin, Agha H.

A very serious failing of Roys book is his not mentioning the fact that Indians played most decisive role in stopping the Germans in late 1914.Instead Roy beats round the bush talking about irrelevant matters on pages-74 to 80.Even the Britishers who were supposed to be more biased acknowledged this contribution but Roy makes no mention which is shocking When the Indian Corps arrived in France and relieved the Second British Corps at Ypres at a time when in words of the official British historian," The position was critical, for the allies were outnumbered and outgunned .There was no prospect for several days while it was known that the enemy was bringing up large bodies of troops from the east" Kaushik leaves the layman reader unguided and blind and has nothing to tell him about the facts which were as below .At this critical stage, there was simply no trained Canadian or Australian Divisions available to relieve the Second British Corps, every man and every single battalion mattered, and it was at this critical stage that the Indian Corps arrived, having landed at Marseilles in mid October".This is what the British official historian had to say about the crucial and decisive role of Indian Army in France, but our so called brilliant Mr Kaushik Roy from Jadavpur University is totally blind to this contribution I was shocked at the ham handed manner in which Kaushik Roy wrote this book The gravity of the British position in the First Battle of Ypres has been described by General Edmonds, the official British historian, very accurately in the following words, " The line that stood between British Empire and ruin was composed of tired, haggard and unshaven men, unwashed, plastered with mud, many in little more than rags ". Another highly credible British author C.C Trench has more accurately described the British position in Ypres and the significance of the Indian Corps relief of the Second British Corps;

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1708152474
• ISBN13: 9781708152475
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"